Hackers could take control of a plane using in-flight entertainment system
L33tdawg: I'm surprised that 3 years after Hugo Teso demo'ed 'hacking planes' at HITB in Amsterdam, this still makes the news.
A flaw in an in-flight entertainment system used by major airlines including Emirates, Virgin and Qatar could let hackers access a planes' controls.
The security hole in the Panasonic Avionics in-flight system is used in planes run by 13 major airlines and could put passengers' information and safety at risk, as well as disrupting their flight experience, according to researchers at IOActive.
Exploiting the problem, researcher Ruben Santamarta managed to "hijack" in-flight displays to change information such as altitude and location, control the cabin lighting and hack into the announcements system.
